Meet our Head of School

Dave Krocker
Head of School, Rosseau Lake College
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‍Dave Krocker has been Head of School at Rosseau Lake College since 2021. RLC is a CAIS-accredited boarding and day school in the heart of Muskoka. His leadership is rooted in relationships and purpose, and he is dedicated to building a school where students grow as brave thinkers, creative innovators, and compassionate problem solvers, and above all, as good humans.

Under Dave’s leadership, RLC has invested in its campus, including the new Shorelines outdoor classroom and the rebuild of our Recreation Centre. But what matters most to him is what happens within and between the buildings: students showing kindness, caring for the earth and one another, and bringing bold, thoughtful ideas to the world.

A strategic thinker and an inspiring communicator, Dave leads with hope, grounded in the belief that when young people feel seen and supported, they become the change our future needs.

A welcome from Dave

RLC was founded in 1967 to create extraordinary learning opportunities rooted in meaningful experiences in our natural environment, and to help one another be the best of ourselves. Nearly 60 years later, that is exactly what this school is still here to do.

We are intentionally small, which means we know each and every student. Students at RLC have a real sense of belonging and identity, and the relationships here are something special.

As much as I love our campus, the forests, and the calm of Lake Rosseau, what impresses me most is the people RLC attracts: educators who think differently, students who are looking for something more, and families who want to be part of it. Our students come from across Canada and around the world to challenge themselves in the classroom and on the playing field, on outtrips, and out on the lake.

Together, our community makes RLC a safe place, emotionally and physically, for every student. We say it together at the start of each Head's lunch: "This is a place where friends become family." It truly is.

I hope you'll come and visit, and see for yourself why this is such an extraordinary place.

Sincerely,
Dave Krocker
Head of School
Rosseau Lake College